AcademyX- School For Gifted Children

Just Another Day

Help! Someone please help me!

*BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!*
"Wha- oh, it's just that dumb alarm clock again"I say to myself while reaching over to shut the alarm off.

"Joel! It's time for school, get ready" I hear my mom saying.

"Yes mom, I'm going" I say back.

I pull on some black skinny jeans and slip on my red flannel jacket. I look in the mirror at my unbrushed blonde hair.

"Yikes, I better fix that" I I say as I rush to the bathroom to brush my hair.

I get down stairs to find my mother at the stove making pancakes.

"Mom, I don't have time for pancakes, I'll just have some cereal, but please save me some" I tell my mom.

"Of course honey" she replies.

After finishing my cereal, I head out the door, saying a goodbye to my mother before I go down to my bus stop. I get to the bus stop, it's quiet, and dark, but peaceful. When the bus finally comes to a stop I get on and sit all the way in the back and put my headphones in. Music really calms me, it always has. It helps me block out the rest of the world.

Finally, we arrive at school. As soon as I get off the bus, I head inside to find my friend Kyle. I'm supposed to meet him in the gym I think.

"Joel! Hey your finally here. I've been
looking all over for you" Kyle says.

This is Kyle, he's really energetic and can't seem to stay put for very long, but he's my bestfriend, and he's been there for me since 3rd grade and now here we are in our junior year in high school. The day seems to be going by fast, but that's fine because I really wanna get home. Kyle shouts from the doorway of the school.

"Bye, see ya tomorrow!" He says.

"Yeah" I reply quickly as I get on my bus.

Finally I get home. As soon as I walk in, I head towards the refrigerator to get my pancakes when suddenly, my phone goes off.

"Hello" I say.

"It's mom. Your pancakes are in the refrigerator. Me and your father won't be home for a couple of days." Mom says. "We are in New York visiting your cousins, but we know you don't like it over there, so we figured we would tell them you were sick, alright?" She asks.

"Ok, what about Matt, how is he?" I ask.

"Your brother is fine, but I have to go. I'll call you later. Don't get into any trouble while we are gone. Goodbye" she says before hanging up.

"Well, okay then I guess the house is all to me for a couple of days" I say to myself.

After I finish my pancakes I watch some tv, but something feels odd, I feel as if I am being watched. A while later I go upstairs, hoping the creepy feeling would go away but it doesn't. I'm laying in bed when I heard a thump downstairs. I go and check it out, but find nothing, so I decide to just go to sleep and stop being a wussy. I mean, my doors and windows are all locked. What could possibly happen? I lie down in bed and things start to go dark, and slowly, I fall into a deep sleep.
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That's my first chapter. I'm actually kind of proud of it. This is my first story, so of course, any problems you see, please comment on so I can fix them. Really hoping this story takes off and gets big! I hope you enjoyed!! Sorry the chapter is so short.